2. Titles of Mary
Mother of God
The Blessed Mother
The Virgin Mary
Saint Mary
Holy Mary
Queen of Heaven
Immaculate Mary
Our Lady
Holy Virgin
The Madonna
Star of the Sea (Stella Maris)
3. • Saint Joachim and Saint Anne, believed to be
elderly, were the parents of Mary
• Mary was betrothed to Saint Joseph. She was
probably around the age of 15 at the time
• After her betrothal Mary was visited in her
hometown by an angel called Gabriel. Gabriel
told her she would have a baby called Jesus
• Three months after the Annunciation Mary
went to see her cousin Elizabeth
4. God sent an angel, Gabriel to Nazareth where Mary and
Joseph lived. The angel went in and said to Mary
‘Rejoice, so highly favored! God is with you.’ Mary was
rather disturbed at those words and asked herself what
this sudden greeting meant. But God’s angel said
‘Mary, you should not be afraid. You have won God's
favour. Listen! You are to conceive and bear a Son, and
you will name him Jesus. He will be great and will be
called Son of the Most High. The Lord will give him the
throne of his ancestor David. He will rule over the
House of Jacob forever and his reign will have no end.’
5. Mary said ‘how can this be? I am a virgin’ ‘The Holy
Spirit will come upon you and the power of most
high will cover you with it’s shadow’ Gabriel
replied. ‘And so the child will be holy and will be
called Son of God. Know this too: your cousin
Elizabeth has, in her elderly age, herself
conceived a son, and she whom people called
barren is now in her sixth month, for nothing is
impossible to God.’ ‘I am the handmaid of God,
let what you have said be done to me’ said Mary.
The angel left.
6.
7. Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of death.
Amen.
